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Recent Academic Publishing Trends through Bibliometric Analysis of COVID-19 Articles: Focused on Medicine and Life Science

코로나19 연구논문의 계량서지학적 분석을 통한 최근 학술출판 동향 - 의학과 생명과학 분야를 중심으로 -

  • 신은자 (세종대학교 미디어커뮤니케이션학과)
  • Received : 2021.02.22
  • Accepted : 2021.03.18
  • Published : 2021.03.30
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Abstract

This study collected data on COVID-19 research papers published in international journals by Korean authors from WoS. Bibliographical analysis was performed on subject categories, institutions, funder distribution and so on. In addition, open access and journal review speed were also analyzed, which play an important role in facilitating academic publishing and distribution. The results showed that COVID-19-related papers published in international journals by Korean authors in 2020 included more papers on some specific fields, such as medicine, biology, and multidisciplinary. These researchers have published lots of papers not only in foreign journals but also in domestic English journals. 94% of papers were open access, and gold open access, which is available immediately after publication, was about 70% of the total. The COVID-19 orthopedic papers produced by Korean researchers were collected from PubMed and analyzed, and the average of review days was about 24 days. The analysis, including open access and review speed, showed that there has been an atmosphere of cooperation in the academic publishing ecosystem after the COVID-19 crisis. It would be desirable to continue this cooperation and address chronic problems in academic publishing system, such as promoting the publication of gold open access and reviewing efficiency.

이 연구는 국제 학술지에 출판한 국내 연구자의 코로나19 연구논문 데이터를 WoS로부터 수집하여 주제, 기관, 연구지원처별 분포를 파악하는 등 계량서지학적 분석을 시도하였다. 아울러 학술정보의 생산과 유통 활성화에 있어 중요 변수인 학술지 오픈액세스와 심사소요일 등도 분석하였다. 분석결과 2020년 코로나19 관련하여 국내 연구자는 국제 학술지에 의학 분야 연구논문을 많이 발표하였고, 생물학, 다학제 분야 연구논문의 출판도 활발하였다. 이들 연구자는 해외에서 발행하는 학술지뿐만 아니라 국내 영문 학술지에도 연구논문을 다수 출판하였다. 분석된 연구논문의 94%가 오픈액세스였고, 출판 즉시 이용할 수 있는 골드 오픈액세스도 전체의 약 70%에 달하였다. 또한 국내 연구자의 코로나19 정형외과 연구논문을 PubMed로부터 수집하여 분석한 결과 평균 심사소요일은 약 24일이었다. 오픈액세스와 심사소요일 등의 분석결과를 통해 이 연구는 코로나19 위기로 인한 학술 출판 생태계의 협력 분위기를 감지할 수 있었다. 이 같은 학술 출판 생태계 구성 주체의 협력이 계속 유지된다면 학술지 골드 오픈액세스 출판 향상과 심사의 효율성 증진 등 학술출판계의 장기과제가 해결될 가능성도 높아질 것으로 기대된다.

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